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Program Building: A Practical Guide for High School Speech and Drama Teachers
"Program Building" bridges a huge gap in the literature. Nothing comes close to the depth of this book and its tested techniques
Handling the Day-to-Day
Creating Relationships
Starting a Speech Team
Directing the First Show
Running an Auditorium
Hosting a Tournament
Teaching in the Inner City
Resources with Websites
"'Program Building' is essential reading for every secondary school theatre teacher, especially fdor those just beginning their careers in the field. Ms. Heathcotte shares her pragmatic, insightful, and signature knowledge about the daily routines of one-person programs. She also generously contributes those little-known, oral-tradition ways-of-working that only veteran insiders possess."
Johnny Saldana, Department of Theatre, Arizona State University
"'Program Building' really gets at the nitty-gritty of life in the trenches. I taught high school, including inner city teaching, before settling into university teaching and found the book loaded with practical tips one rarely is given. As a communication teacher, I particularly appreciated the focus on relationships. Students in our communication arts and literature teaching major found the advice practical and down-to-earth and the approach akin to that of a mentor."
Judith K. Litterest, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Studies, St. Cloud State University
"Toby's practical, no nonsense, engaging style makes a differnce. As a student teacher under her direction, I learned the value of listening and the impact of being with students where they are." Thomas S. Larkin, Senior VP, Communico Ltd., Consulting
"Toby Heathcotte remains my first and one of my best drama teachers. After reading her book, I understand why." Joel Briel, New York Actor
Handling the Day-to-Day
Creating Relationships
Starting a Speech Team
Directing the First Show
Running an Auditorium
Hosting a Tournament
Teaching in the Inner City
Resources with Websites
"'Program Building' is essential reading for every secondary school theatre teacher, especially fdor those just beginning their careers in the field. Ms. Heathcotte shares her pragmatic, insightful, and signature knowledge about the daily routines of one-person programs. She also generously contributes those little-known, oral-tradition ways-of-working that only veteran insiders possess."
Johnny Saldana, Department of Theatre, Arizona State University
"'Program Building' really gets at the nitty-gritty of life in the trenches. I taught high school, including inner city teaching, before settling into university teaching and found the book loaded with practical tips one rarely is given. As a communication teacher, I particularly appreciated the focus on relationships. Students in our communication arts and literature teaching major found the advice practical and down-to-earth and the approach akin to that of a mentor."
Judith K. Litterest, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Studies, St. Cloud State University
"Toby's practical, no nonsense, engaging style makes a differnce. As a student teacher under her direction, I learned the value of listening and the impact of being with students where they are." Thomas S. Larkin, Senior VP, Communico Ltd., Consulting
"Toby Heathcotte remains my first and one of my best drama teachers. After reading her book, I understand why." Joel Briel, New York Actor
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Toby Heathcotte
17 books17 followersAt the age of seven, Toby lost her best friend in a car accident. Three months later, Marcia peeked over a cloud and said she liked her new world. Toby’s family dismissed the episode as mere imagination, and she grew up distrusting her own perceptions.
Unable to reconcile this and other psychic experiences, such as precognitive dreams and seeing astral forms of living people, she became a lifelong student of the paranormal. Her personal library contains over four decades of volumes from Bridey Murphy and J. B. Rhine in the Sixties to current studies by the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the American Society for Psychical Research. Her dream journals span the same time period and serve as resources for her life and work.
Repeated psychic experiences forced Toby to learn some coping strategies. She sat in development groups and experimented with techniques like psychometry, automatic writing, and dream analysis. As she came to a peace about her nature, she wanted to share what she’d learned to help others end mistakes, self-doubt, and concerns about their sanity.
Toby taught high school speech and drama and college English. Now her primary interests rest in understanding her psychic abilities and writing projects that incorporate that learning. A mother of two and grandmother of three, Toby lives in Arizona where she serves as president of Arizona Authors Association.
Unable to reconcile this and other psychic experiences, such as precognitive dreams and seeing astral forms of living people, she became a lifelong student of the paranormal. Her personal library contains over four decades of volumes from Bridey Murphy and J. B. Rhine in the Sixties to current studies by the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the American Society for Psychical Research. Her dream journals span the same time period and serve as resources for her life and work.
Repeated psychic experiences forced Toby to learn some coping strategies. She sat in development groups and experimented with techniques like psychometry, automatic writing, and dream analysis. As she came to a peace about her nature, she wanted to share what she’d learned to help others end mistakes, self-doubt, and concerns about their sanity.
Toby taught high school speech and drama and college English. Now her primary interests rest in understanding her psychic abilities and writing projects that incorporate that learning. A mother of two and grandmother of three, Toby lives in Arizona where she serves as president of Arizona Authors Association.
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June 18, 2015
Thoughtful, thorough and kind
"Program Building" doesn't really talk about how to GROW a drama department, but it does provide a wealth of no nonsense advice about day to day management of very practical matters. Most importantly, the author does so with a cheerful tone, laced with dry humor that acknowledges the challenges while implying complete confidence that you, too, can manage a high school drama program.
"Program Building" doesn't really talk about how to GROW a drama department, but it does provide a wealth of no nonsense advice about day to day management of very practical matters. Most importantly, the author does so with a cheerful tone, laced with dry humor that acknowledges the challenges while implying complete confidence that you, too, can manage a high school drama program.
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